Carrie Johnstone has been promoted to executive director of Vinecroft Retirement Community, a Heritage Ministries independent living community in Clarence Center, NY. She will be responsible for sales and business development and will oversee all teams and operations. Johnstone, previously the acting executive director, in the past spent seven years as a member of the Heritage team in Western New York.
She earned an undergraduate degree in psychology and minor in sociology, with intensive studies in counseling and cognitive behaviors, at Fredonia State University. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography. Before joining Heritage, where she has served as both a life enrichment director and a community life director in Chautauqua County, Johnstone worked in systems management for more than a decade.